Johnny On The Spot: City continue to respond to unfortunate defeat at Sunderland with a greater tempo and a greater edge to their game. The nagging question coming out of two wins that have registered seven goals, of which five went to strikers, is just how much a relentless injury list is forcing Roberto Mancini's hand, because a settled, untinkered City side full of team men purred it's way past a dreadful Stoke side with ease...The Blues effectively steamrollered Tony Pulis' lumbering players and in the process passed them half to death to the tune of 567 passes to 346 such was their superiority. The only surprise for this correspondent is that they were'nt more cynical in their failed bid to stifle City's flow...We again witnessed some fine performances. Watching City play like this again has Planet Blue groaning "if only.." Silva and Aguero are back to their brilliant best and struck down with another of the squad's hamstring injuries, Kun will be sorely missed if out for any length of time. Dzeko is bursting with confidence but pick of the crop for me was James Milner. Milly was outstanding and his scintillating runs will be called for when City travel to Arsenal in two weeks time for a potentially season defining clash. We owe the Gooners for last year's reverse and no mistake...Elsewhere Wigan capitulated yet again to The Stretfords. Surely an inquiry of some sort is in order. In the last 8 fixtures, Wigan have scored once, won 1, lost 7 and conceded 28. More rag rollovers are likely, but if City keep on putting in this type of collective shift, we're going to run them close...Time to regroup now, prepare for the FA Cup against Watford, get some of those injuries fixed and just maybe, re-inforce the squad. Stats Courtesy BBC Sport:

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